The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
830,891
496,566
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Evidence-based medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
589,601
287,992
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
518,578
324,853
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
513,770
223,484
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Public Health
Epidemiology
Diabetes
Cardiovascular Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
508,454
165,202
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
487,512
164,217
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Infectious diseases
cancer
epidemiologic methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
449,861
254,586
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435,007
203,842
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Epidemiology
burden of disease
causes of death
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414,162
221,278
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398,604
175,364
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Epidemiology
Cancer Prevention
Health Outcomes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394,622
71,693
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Equity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382,626
204,835
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Traits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367,912
190,527
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367,235
289,400
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Global Health
Child Survival
Public Health Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
359,069
245,146
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
epidemiology
metabolic disease
public health
nutrition
physical activity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355,253
162,204
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355,197
144,831
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
348,202
212,729
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Cancer Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Global Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346,755
122,068
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Social determinants of health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
321,059
104,030
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Professor of Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318,612
103,735
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301,373
230,122
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
GRADE
Recommendations
Knowledge Synthesis
Systematic Reviews
Guidelines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
299,530
174,149
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
medicine
cardiology
atherosclerosis
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
298,322
95,239
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Epidemiologia cardiovascular
Epidemiologia do diabetes
Biomarcadores
Atenção Primária a Saúde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
293,804
207,402
0.706
Ahmedin Jemal
American Cancer Society
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
830,891
496,566
0.598
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillance
Gordon Guyatt
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
589,601
287,992
0.488
Evidence-based medicine
Ali H Mokdad
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
518,578
324,853
0.626
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiology
Frank B Hu
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
513,770
223,484
0.435
Jaakko Tuomilehto
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
508,454
165,202
0.325
Public Health
Epidemiology
Diabetes
Cardiovascular Disease
Paul M Ridker
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
487,512
164,217
0.337
Matthias Egger
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
449,861
254,586
0.566
Infectious diseases
cancer
epidemiologic methods
George Davey Smith
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435,007
203,842
0.469
Alan D Lopez
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414,162
221,278
0.534
Epidemiology
burden of disease
causes of death
Emelia J Benjamin
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398,604
175,364
0.440
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammation
Graham Colditz
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394,622
71,693
0.182
Epidemiology
Cancer Prevention
Health Outcomes
Peter Tugwell
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382,626
204,835
0.535
Goncalo Abecasis
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367,912
190,527
0.518
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Traits
Simon I Hay
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367,235
289,400
0.788
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Zulfiqar Bhutta
Aga Khan University
Karachi, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
359,069
245,146
0.683
Global Health
Child Survival
Public Health Nutrition
Nicholas Wareham
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355,253
162,204
0.457
epidemiology
metabolic disease
public health
nutrition
physical activity
Diederick E. Grobbee
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355,197
144,831
0.408
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global health
Mika Kivimaki
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
348,202
212,729
0.611
David J Hunter
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346,755
122,068
0.352
Cancer Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Global Health
Michael G Marmot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
321,059
104,030
0.324
Social determinants of health
Eric Rimm
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318,612
103,735
0.326
Professor of Epidemiology
Yousef Khader
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301,373
230,122
0.764
Holger Schünemann
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
299,530
174,149
0.581
GRADE
Recommendations
Knowledge Synthesis
Systematic Reviews
Guidelines
Peter Libby
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
298,322
95,239
0.319
medicine
cardiology
atherosclerosis
immunology
Paulo Andrade Lotufo
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
293,804
207,402
0.706
Epidemiologia cardiovascular
Epidemiologia do diabetes
Biomarcadores
Atenção Primária a Saúde